Uteroglobin-related protein 1 (UGRP1) gene polymorphisms and atopic asthma in the Indian population

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Batra, Jyotsna ^a   Niphadkar, Pramod V ^c   Sharma, Surendra K ^b   Ghosh, Balaram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Asthma and Allergy Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chromosome 5q31; Transmission disequilibrium test; UGRP1

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UTEROGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIA; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 13244251396     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082578     Document Type: Article

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